Wa-Hi art projects advance to state

Ariel Bermoy and Joanne Coleman of Wa-Hi are among the 34 winners of the ESD #123 Regional High School Art Show. Selected from a field of 530 entries, their works will travel to the late April state competition, sponsored by the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction. They will be on display in the Old Capitol Building in Olympia from April 20 through May 31. Awards will be presented on May 18.

Ariel is a senior and his entry was entitled "The Truth - Red n Black." Joanne is a junior and her entry was entitled "No. 5 in Motion." Both are students of Julie Wallace, who says Ariel is very good at expressing his opinion on the world around him and Joanne is very well rounded in the field of art, participating as a performer and visual artist..